Nexus Consulting

The go-to partner for the senior leadership driving industry-leading Restructuring & Transformation.

Building Teams That Transform Industries

Your clients depend on you for mission-critical results. We ensure you have the senior leadership to deliver.

Nexus Consulting connects leading firms with the industry’s most proven operators, from Partners with deep execution track records to the high-potential talent that drives results.

With a foundation built in high-pressure sectors like automotive and manufacturing, we provide boutique firms and global consultancies across Europe with access to the veteran turnaround experts who aren’t found on the open market.

Our Specialism

Performance Improvement

Turnaround and Restructuring

Supply Chain

Procurement

The industry’s best leaders, for your most critical transformations

On the surface, it’s a capacity issue. You just need to hire.

But in Restructuring and Transformation, the reality is rarely that simple. Whether you’re under-resourced on a live mandate, entering a new market, or suddenly backfilling a key Partner role – the pressure is the same.

Because if you can’t deliver, the cost is more than just a missed hire. It’s about:

  • Reputation: The risk of under-delivering on a high-stakes client project.
  • Opportunity: The mandates you’ll lose because the bench isn’t deep enough.
  • Growth: The commercial targets that slip when your leadership is stretched too thin.

This is the moment firms realise they don’t just need a recruit, they need a partner who understands the industry as well as they do.

Why consulting firms choose Nexus

Our clients work with us because we:

Introduce people they cannot access themselves

Protect their reputation with the right hires

Save them time so they can focus on delivering client work

Act as a long-term partner in their growth

We act as an extension of your firm, ensuring your brand is represented with total integrity

“Since the start of our collaboration, Nexus has supported us in a highly professional and reliable manner. We have been particularly impressed by your strong market insight, high responsiveness, and the quality and suitability of the candidates presented. The cooperation has been consistently trans- parent, efficient, and constructive. Nexus demonstrates a very good understanding of our requirements in Restructuring and Executive Search and addresses them in a focused and effective way.”   Managing Partner and Founder – Well known German Restructuring Firm

Regan Downes

Regan Downes

Associate Director

Before founding Nexus Consulting, Regan led the largest practice at Nexus Search, specialising in value creation leadership within the European Automotive sector.

Throughout his career, he has built enduring partnerships with family-owned enterprises, global industry leaders, and private equity firms. With a proven track record of sourcing talent from Management to the C-Suite, Regan now leverages his deep expertise in global manufacturing to provide consultancy firms with the necessary talent to drive meaningful business transformation.